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May 2015

May 15, 2015

Gaia Community’s First Online Ritual

The idea for this ritual comes from our work over the past year with the...

May 12, 2015

Origin Stories: What Explanations of Death Teach Us About Life

One of mythology's lasting gifts is how it explores the boundaries between life and death.

May 08, 2015

Let It Be A Dance

CUUPS leadership are currently talking with UUA staff about making some fundamental changes in how...

April 2015

April 29, 2015

CUUPS Convocation July 24-26 in Salem, MA

For the first time since 2004, CUUPS is holding a national Convocation. It will be...

April 27, 2015

A Pagan Perspective on Grace

Does the idea of Grace belong in Pagan religions? I certainly think so!

April 24, 2015

Building our Experience of The Divine (Whatever That Is)

What I care about is the results we can bring about, in ourselves and in...

April 21, 2015

CUUPS is Pagan Lite, So Untrue!

Within my CUUPS chapter there are people following multiple paths, our rituals together reflect a...

April 20, 2015

Pagan and UU Theology: Missiology

I am trying to draw circles around Pagan and Unitarian Universalist (UU) Theologies to see...

April 17, 2015

The Scientific Pagan

In the end, I don’t feel any kind of disconnect between my love of science...

April 15, 2015

The Medical Benefits of Pagan Ritual

I've been thinking about the ways in which the techniques common in my practice might...

April 14, 2015

Searching for Story, Finding Community.

Folk tales, folk lore, and folk superstitions are the “dirt under the fingernails” of society-...

March 2015

March 30, 2015

Mother’s Nature

My own beliefs, including my Unitarianism, Universalism, and Paganism, are the direct result of being...

March 26, 2015

Building Beloved Community

I deeply value communities in which the same congregation can equally love and support UU-Christians,...

March 19, 2015

Pagan UUs Living with Dying

When we accept death as a part of the natural cycle, we can allow that...

March 17, 2015

Nearer, my Goddess, to Thee: Divine Communion and Mental Illness

Aspecting–the art of nudging one’s personality “to the side” and safely letting an entity or...

March 09, 2015

The Transgressive Power of Folklore

I hope to delve more deeply into famous collections of folklore with an eye towards...

March 02, 2015

Honoring the Dark, Part 3

By exploring these beliefs, I have come to appreciate ever more deeply the true value...

February 2015

February 27, 2015

What can you say about Re-Enchantment?

You are invited to write, deliver and submit a sermon on "Re-enchantment" to a UU...

February 25, 2015

Taking our Place in the Web of All Existence

For most of us, we are born and raised largely unaware of our position in...

February 23, 2015

Sitting in the Fire of “WorldWork”

This year several of us in CUUPS and in the larger Pagan community are taking...

February 20, 2015

At Home on the Depths

I find the ocean mesmerizing, inspiring, and, at times, intimidating. Having been on an ocean...

February 18, 2015

A Unitarian Universalist Pagan's Thoughts on Ash Wednesday

Paganisms are, at their best, traditions that embrace the whole of human—and non-human—experience. That broad...

February 16, 2015

The Bounce

you don’t have to stay in the tomb, but can emerge, like a chick, bruised...

February 13, 2015

An Acolyte's Journey in the Everglades

“To me, nature is sacred. Trees are my temples and forests are my cathedrals.” -...

February 09, 2015

Tree Huggers Loosen Your Grip!

We who inhabit the label “Pagan” are more than just earth-centered. We inherit from our...

February 04, 2015

Verified Petrified Gnosis

Though we may have lost the Library of Alexandria, there is one library from classical...

February 02, 2015

Honoring the Dark, Part Two

I studied in-depth the contributions of Africa and African Americans to world culture, moved to...

January 2015

January 30, 2015

If Unitarian Universalism is so great, Why am I 'still' a Pagan?

Not long ago I was asked why I was ‘still’ a Unitarian Universalist? It turns...

January 28, 2015

CUUPS – Who We Are

What is CUUPS? Over the past few months we’ve conducted a series of surveys to...

January 26, 2015

My Spring of Rejuvenation

My spring of rejuvenation is in my love of life and the universe. No scheduled...

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